CER Test Vocabulary

Which word means scientific data (facts) used to support a claim?

• theory

• claim

• evidence

• reasoning

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which word means an idea that is suggested or presented as possibly true but that is not known or proven to be true but tested repeatedly?

• theory

• data

• inference

• observation

Which word is a statement about the results of an investigation?

• claim

• theory

• reasoning

• observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which word means using one or more of your senses to collect data?

• reasoning

• inference

• data

• observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which word means facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observation?

• data

• facts

• observation

• theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which word means an interpretation of an observation that is based on evidence and/or prior knowledge?

• reasoning

• inference

• theory

• facts

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which word means something that actually exists, truth, reality; it can be proven?

• evidence

• claim

• observation

• facts

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which word ties the claim and evidence together?

• inference

• theory

• reasoning

• observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5